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Written By Vanessa Kariuki ||Cervical Cancer Awareness Month is observed every January. For WHO and its partners, it is a great chance to...

Novak Djokovic was warmly welcomed upon his return to Australia, where he played a rare doubles match at the Adelaide International.The Serb was deported...

Kenya's economic growth has slowed for the fifth quarter in a row, owing to below-average rainfall, elevated inflationary pressures, and the August election.According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, economic activity expanded by nearly half a percentage point to 4.7 percent in the third quarter that ended September, down from 9.3 percent in the same period last year.Gross domestic product (GDP) growth was also slower in the review period than 5.2 percent in the second quarter of this year, 6.8 percent in the first quarter of 2022, 7.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021, and 9.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021. (in the third quarter of 2021).Prolonged dry...

Travellers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in Covid-19 cases, with Australia...

Kenyans who have not yet been immunized against Covid 19 have been asked to go to the nearest designated health facility and get vaccinated.Similarly, those who are yet to receive a booster dose are encouraged to do so as concern grows about the new wave sweeping across China.This comes as WHO officials met with high-level Chinese officials on Friday to discuss the current surge in Covid-19 cases and seek additional information...

The United States is the latest in a growing number of countries to impose restrictions on visitors from China after Beijing abruptly removed a...

Novak Djokovic has been welcomed back into Australia almost a year after he was deported over his Covid vaccine status.Officials confirmed the 21-time Grand...

There's some hope for cancer patients after Moderna develops a vaccine to reduce the risk of dying from skin cancer with promising preliminary results.Moderna and Merck are developing a cancer vaccine using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, which is also used to make some Covid-19 vaccines.If successful, the vaccine will be used in conjunction with Merck's drug Keytruda to treat melanoma (skin cancer) in stages three and four. The study is still in the second phase of clinical trialsThe clinical trial included 157 people with stage three or four melanoma. They underwent surgery to have their tumors removed.After that, the patients were divided into two groups.One group received both the mRNA vaccine and Keytruda, while the other received only the drug.According to preliminary findings, combining mRNA technology and Keytruda reduces the risk of death by 44% when compared to taking the drug alone.The vaccine works by stimulating the immune system to activate killer T-cells in response to specific changes in a skin cancer tumor.The Merck drug is administered via injection and works by preventing certain cell proteins from attacking the body.

The Memon family's Christmas Day celebrations were cut short when the boat they were sailing on capsized at Mombasa's Jomo Kenyatta Beach, often known...

Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pele are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been...